
Isabela Weiss | WVIA News | Report for America
Isabela Weiss is a storyteller turned reporter from Athens, GA. She is WVIA News's Rural Government Reporter and a Report for America corps member. Weiss lives in Wilkes-Barre with her fabulous cats, Boo and Lorelai.
You can email Isabela at isabelaweiss@wvia.org
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Before holding this year’s Seder dinner at the Friedman Jewish Community Center in Kingston, Gerri Kaplan hosted a “A Taste of Passover” at Temple Israel to teach kids the importance of Passover to Judaism’s history.
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Court order protects Skinners Falls Bridge for another day, but engineers call for its demolition to protect human lives at Friday’s federal hearing in Scranton.
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On Wednesday, health providers, lawmakers and community leaders celebrated the opening of two houses for survivors and their families in Schuylkill County. For Mikaela Gavaletz, Healing at Home gives children the voice she didn’t have as a child.
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Staff says company has been watching them more closely since they filed for a union election; Starbucks says they respect workers' right to hold a vote.
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Clearing the air: Nine years after medical marijuana launched, Pa. again eyes legal recreational usePennsylvania launched its medical marijuana program in April 2016. Gov. Josh Shapiro is again pushing for lawmakers to create an adult cannabis program, but resistance remains.
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For nine years, Janine Hall and her three children have not had safe water to drink. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) found their water had dangerously high levels of PFAS from sewage sludge put on nearby farms from the 1980s.
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Cara Rogan announces she will not resign as a Coolbaugh Township supervisor after a video went viral of her yelling and cursing at a woman waiting to pick up medication at a CVS.
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Maple farmers celebrate nearly 190 years of Pennsylvania agriculture as possible funding boost loomsGov. Josh Shapiro announced significant boosts to agriculture spending in his 2025/26 budget. Farmers will reap the benefits of that boost.
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Bradford County Commissioners voted 2-1 to dissolve the library’s advisory board on Thursday, Mar. 13.
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Dimock Township’s residents haven’t had clean water in 14 years. Pennsylvania American Water Company says it has finished the first steps towards a new pipeline.